Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-05
DIDES HELD UP TO VIEW.
a saratoga Study Of tE,e Wen Who Lead
the Fashions.

The perfect dudes-the rich ones who have
tastss-aIEs Saratoga letter in the New York
Slsa-ueary all dress precisely alike In the even
in-. The rule is to have very loose trousers OF
dark cloth with faint stripe, cutaway frock-
cost .utto1Cd TO show only two or two and a-half
ingl-s " q scarf of delicate light shade decked
with a small pin OF dark stones, such as rubies.
g3rntj~, or emeraldS. The collar is quite high,
and turned down IN two broad bends In front.
Iairat-leafhcr CATERS a black high hat or
brown Derby complete what is visible OF this
dress. They still carry big canes and all appear
60 have ordered their ttilGrs 70 make their CLOTHES
80 loose ard big that their heads look small and
slightly " lHtinE-as wholly diaprOportiOned to
t..f up'ileo a. the heads oi so many pins. In the
lS -iEe th:S general lOO5eueSS OF dress is carried
Il al extreme. The dudes then wear huge coats
o. H-H, C"'o:ed, rather hairy English cloth, very
iH4i trousers. usually with II du!l check in the
o."lh, and little round hats Their canes, or
sticks, - they call them continue enormous and
remain with bent handles OF wood silver.
Gloves have almost disappeared from the hands OF
mta. IN: prevailing dude shoe Il a broad, fat,
ioA-GeeieI "11triVJnce with q full round toe The
eject OF wearing thetI i to make the young inca
slHa'h' a-OnS as IL they had on moccasns or
tennis shoes.
Nothing more than a mustache is permissible on
tht lace OF the fashionable man, and he wears his
h.ur 4 tri1e long, particularly in front, as 10
have d suggestion OF q bang. But the lIideouS car
pieces that were born in the stock anu Produce
EAchAn6e-iaDS Of hair COnbed in front OF the
ears, as tTlnhshank used TO picture them OH the
= ilt,r 't-e3 are worn, but are not exposed, as
h'ta Tie Sack coats h. Il ~ and the frock coats
~ h-SAt arc OultOheu all tic way up ana down.
canes are sun cIutchtd IN The middle, "a an Irish
man On the stage always holds stick he is going
10 nGht with But neither Of these rules holds good
WITH Mr.. Wall. lie Is this morning arrayed In a
pale drab suit checked with dark brown stripes a
white straw hat with blue band, white over
CATERS on plain leather Shoes high collar, and
HSht mauSc scarf and small pin. But his coat is
thrown open and ul5Jio>l5 ordinary white vest.
As 10 his cane, Whenever ne Is walking with q
lady he holds IL in both hands behini his back
Win the Knob between MS shoulder blades and
the ieTrule below his coat. Does this strike the
serious reader as t1ieG Ii" is mistaken. THIS
autumn on the :lvtnu" All young men o; fashion
WIZ be seen carrying ID. n Games, in hat way This
piece OF news Is 10 them The most Important in
day SIN
Apparently (and this Is not a fashion note, but
philosophical T.;i"t.ipl) Il cdSt-irOn expression
81 face Is T1l aired ia the perfect dude-a sort OF
inert, pIegn-atlc heavy look, with Just tinge OF
Si'iht9S SHOWING through IT, 10 HOOK exactly as a
Quite desires 10 DJR cine yourself about to meet
a friend Who wants To borrow hundrt,! dollars
ana y no ought 10 have IL from you, but is hot
going L" -,,J il.
TLt,e young tallors' models at Long Branch and
III this place are q new development IN American
society. Ihe5 are practically the only young men
VINO stay AZ such Places The whole season through.
Other young men cannot afford it. They have to
work. or at least desire - work and to wait until
thtt nave maze tArir plieS-soineWnere beyond
middle htc-btiuTe they loaf away their summers.
nth the dudes arrived there were no young men
at SUCh places except those who came for q
men VINO arr either heirs Ii. receipt OF fortunes,
large o. small, or else pensioners OF rich fathers.
ne college boy = not To be ciasSed dude.
Inc ia>Alrhtblt resorts are fun OF college boys,
WAC Try their best TO be considered genuine
sWell-, but he fraud is always transparent.
They arr too young and cailow and fresh.
Their mouths are big and their limbs are
ridiculous. They laugh and joke out loud, and
are fuu OF animal VigOr. heir mu5tdcheS
are failures, ald they never do anything more
dangerous 10 themselves OF society than smoke
cigarettes. Iucy uOut compare viii. the gen
UIne dudes, who lirt with the married women,
t.iVe stunning carts, ORDER champagne by the
pan after the ladies' have retired, gamble Ike
army Officers sleep Till noon, and exercise Ike
toDFer, 10 Keep their waists slim. The Prince Of
Wales would give fortune Tor such waist as
Mr. Walls. Ii ne would not he is devoid OF taste.
dudes l. thIt neither money nor taste, nor both
combined, VIII serve 20 make dude. There are
nall dozen young men III Saratoga who copy Mr.. [
al as closely as MS own mirror, but they don't
loon right. one Stops, another Is built like a
brewer, and another Is as awkward as farm boy
nEutcTs--fi helr prime when yOung-Dut thirty
Il i aj!t'S best age, while tVenty-IUur IS nearer
the best age al an athlete.
Ia one Ol their relations To society the dudes
command respect. Iae} are models Of grace and
G4LlaEtry HEeu III the company OF ladies They
mission = accorded them To put their hats, 10
matter where IL may Dc. Their pGitcMe-S defer
ehji.I expression or face and pose Of BODY, ana
tArIr ability 10 listen perhaps because they can
not t1la.. &ft matters which, il they were copied
by the resi- OF the sex, would make all men far
Il lady, Tn" genuine dude manages to convey the /
Impression To each female friend that she is
specially AGHuT2I. and that she got his best bow
The Kind lie W,.s saving 1Or a princess.